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Dave McCormick
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My local patch

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I would not like to say where this place is exactly as there has been people dumping here and its starting to turn a little bad in this area (lot of it is still nice). But one field I went into had a small pond/bog in it (field must have been about 3/4 acre). It was full of horsetails and cuckoo flowers, and loads of green-veined whites and orange tips. No pics of OT's. I did not watch where I was walking as I was coming up to an orange-Tip male and walked nearly knee deep in water! :lol:

counted up to 20+ speckled woods and a quite a number of the moth I got a pic of below

Anyway, here is a few shots I managed to get:

Area I was in:

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GV Whites Mating: (saw several mating pairs today)

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Moth (these seemed reluctant to sit still for too long) anyone know what it is?:

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Matsukaze
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Re: My local patch

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The moth has me puzzled, the nearest I can think of is Lead Belle but it does not look quite right.
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Chris
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Perfect OT and GVW habitat, Dave and nice pics... you seem to be getting the hang of your SLR now!

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m_galathea
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Re: My local patch

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I'm fairly sure the moth is a Brown Silver-line. I've seen some myself recently too.
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